>> Stephen: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THEY USED TO HAVE A
COUPLE OF BANDS MANY FEATURED ON THE FAVORITE LUNCHBOXES BUT NOW
THE AUTHOR OF HEY GRAND DUDE, PAUL McCARTNEY IS HERE.
MY TWO SISTERS SAW YOU AND WANTED ME TO PASS ON THEIR
THANKS TO YOU.
THEY SAW YOU AT D.C. STADIUM ON AUGUST 15, 1966, AND I HA IT WAS
FIRST TIME MY SISTER MARY WAS ALLOWED TO DRIVE AT NIGHT, AND
IT WAS A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION, IT WAS THE FEAST OF ASSUMPTION,
AND MY MOTHER ALLOWED THEM NOT TO GO TO CHURCH, EVEN THOUGH MY
OLDER BROTHERS JIM AND ED WANTED TO TELL THEM THEY WERE GOING TO
HELL, ESPECIALLY IT WAS AROUND THE TIME THAT JOHN SAID YOU GUYS
WERE BIGGER THAN JESUS SO IT WAS DEFINITELY STRAIGHT TO HELL
AFTER THAT.
THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT HEAR A NOTE.
>> NOR COULD I.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WHAT WERE THOSE
EARLIER STADIUM CONCERTS LIKE?
>> UM, WE ENJOYED -- THE EARLY ONES, WE ENJOYED BECAUSE IT WAS
SUCCESS AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE GOING CRAZY, CROWD'S
GOING CRAZY, SO YOU LOVE IT EVEN IF YOU CAN'T HEAR YOURSELF.
AFTER A LITTLE WHILE, WE JUST STARTED THINKING, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE MUSICIANS, WE CAN'T HEAR OURSELVES.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT WEARING AFTER A WHILE.
BUT AS THE BEGINNING, IT WAS FABULOUS.
WE USED TO MILK IT.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WHOO, WHOO, WHOO!
( LAUGHTER ) WE KNEW THAT WOULD DO IT.
>> Stephen: THAT WOULD TRIGGER THE YOUNGLINGS?
>> ABSOLUTELY, YEAH.
IN FACT, IT'S FUNNY, I DO CONCERTS NOW, AND THERE'S A GIRL
WHO COMES AND SHE SAYS, I CAN DO A BEATLES SCREAM LIKE MY MOM.
SHE HOLDS UP A CARD.
I SAID, OKAY, GIRLS, COME ON.
THEY SAID, WHEN WE FIRST CAME OVER HERE, WE COULDN'T HEAR A
THING.
I SAID, ALL RIGHT, GIRLS.
THERE WERE, LIKE, 40,000 PEOPLE.
I SAID, ALL RIGHT, LET'S HEAR A BEATLES SCREAM, GIRLS, COME ON!
( SCREAMING ) SO, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS
LIKE.
AND YEAH, IT WAS FABULOUS BECAUSE, LIKE I SAY, WE WERE
COMING TO AMERICA, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL.
AND THE THING WAS MOST OF THE BRITISH ACTS -- IN FACT, I THINK
ALL OF THE BRITISH ACTS THAT CAME TO AMERICA WHEPT, LIKE,
CHAPLAIN, HADN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL, THE MUSIC ACTS,
BECAUSE SOME OF THE GUYS WERE TRYING TO BE LIKE ELVIS, AND YOU
HAD ELVIS, SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD ALL THE PEOPLE THEY WERE TRYING
TO BE LIKE.
SO WE KNEW WE HAD TO BE DIFFERENT, AND WE WERE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU THINK
WAS DIFFERENT?
WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS DIFFERENT ABOUT YOUR SOUND THAN OTHER
PEOPLE AT THE TIME?
>> WE WERE, LIKE, A AN AMALGAMATION -- AMALGAM --
>> Stephen: AMALGAMATION, YEA YEAH.
>> WE WERE A MIXTURE OF ALL THE PEOPLE WE LOVED, BUT WE WEREN'T
ANY INDIVIDUAL ONE OF THEM.
SO WE WERE LIKE THE EVERLY BROTHERS, WHEN JOHN AND I SANG
HARMONY, WE WERE LIKE BUDDY HOLLY WHEN WE DID THIS, AND WE
JUST MADE UP A NEW SOUND, AND WE WROTE OUR OWN STUFF, WHICH WAS
UNUSUAL THEN.
>> Stephen: DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
FOR THE OBAMA'S FINAL PARTY, LIKE LOSE THE DEPOSIT DAMAGE
FINAL PARTY.
WE'D ALREADY SEEN YOU AND YOUR LOVE NANCY UPSTAIRS AND TALKED
BRIEFLY, BUT THEN SAW YOU NEAR THE MEN'S BATHROOM NEAR THE
LIBRARY.
>> I WARNED YOU ABOUT THAT.
>> Stephen: YEAH, YOU SAID THIS IS A NICE ROOM.
I SAID, YES, THAT'S GEORGE WASHINGTON'S ACTUAL SWORD ON THE
WALL.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID TO ME AT THE TIME?
>> REMIND ME.
>> Stephen: YOU TOLD ME ABOUT WHEN YOU GOT KNIGHTED.
>> I TOLD YOU I GOT KNIGHTED BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
>> Stephen: YES.
AND IT'S QUITE SOMETHING, YOU CAN IMAGINE.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TURN YOUR
BACK ON HER, SO YOU -- >> Stephen: BECAUSE SHE'LL
STAB YOU?
( LAUGHTER ) >> NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT!
THAT COULD BE WHY.
>> Stephen: SHE'S GOT A SWORD, RIGHT?
>> SHE'S GOT A SWORD!
SHEESH!
( LAUGHTER ) SO YOU WALK IN, NOT TURNING YOUR
BACK ON HER FOR ONE SECOND -- >> Stephen: SURE.
-- AND YOU STAND IN FRONT OF HER, YOU WALK DOWN AND THERE SHE
IS, YOU KNOW, THE QUEEN OF THE WHOLE WORLD!
>> Stephen: SURE.
AND SHE'S GOT THIS SWORD.
ANYWAY, YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE RED CUSHION, AND YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD
WHAT TO DO.
SO YOU KNEEL DOWN ON THE CUSHION, AND THEN SHE TAKES THE
SWORD AND DOES IT EITHER SIDE OF YOUR SHOULDER AND THEN SAYS,
"ARISE, SIR PAUL."
SO YOU WERE AN ORDINARY GUY, AND THEN SHE DOES THAT, YOU'RE NOW
MAGICALLY "SIR PAUL."
>> Stephen: WOW.
IT'S JUST LIKE HARRY POTTER!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THAT'S WHAT I
THOUGHT!
BUT -- >> BUT THE THING IS, THE SWORD
IS SPECIAL.
THAT'S WHY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
THE SWORD BELONGED TO ETHYL RED THE UNREADY.
>> Stephen: WOW!
THAT'S, LIKE, A THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD SWORD.
>> YEAH, IT'S AN OLD SWORD.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
YOU TOLD ME THAT.
I SAID THAT'S, LIKE, A THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD SWORD.
AND YOU LOOKED UP AT WASHINGTON'S SWORD AND YOU WENT,
"SO THAT'S A NICE SWORD."
( LAUGHTER ) THE BOOK IS HEY GRAND DUDE.
THE GRAND DUDE IS PAUL McCARTNEY, EVERYBODY!